Cornbread

[denisa]

Norcalbaker59, how was it? Were you able to try the cornbread made with the Anson Mills?

 

[Norcalbaker59]

Norcalbaker59, how was it? Were you able to try the cornbread made with the Anson Mills?

I made two batches to take to a barbecue. I made yankee style (flour added) since that is what everyone was used too. Everyone kept telling me to make it gluten-free so I could eat it. So I made one batch with a King Arthur GF blend to replace the wheat flour. The second batch I blended sorghum, rice flour, and potato starch to replace the wheat. Ughh. It was really gritty. Everyone said it tasted good but the texture was terrible because of the gluten free flours.

After I thought about it I realized using white rice flour was a mistake. Cornbread doesn’t have a lot of moisture. Rice flour is notoriously gritty if it doesn’t get a lot of moisture and time to fully hydrate.

So next time I’ll try it straight up Southern style with no other flour.

 

[denisa]

I'm sure it will taste delicious! Good luck, Norcalbaker59! Thanks for the update!

 

[bellevueace]

Ive never had Cornbread but would like to make it, looking online there are so many differing recipes, what I would like is a traditional southern cornbread, with so many variations what actually would this be?

 

[Norcalbaker59]

Ive never had Cornbread but would like to make it, looking online there are so many differing recipes, what I would like is a traditional southern cornbread, with so many variations what actually would this be?

Southern cornbread will not contain sugar or wheat flour. It’s baked in a cast iron skillet.